NGC 7454

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Galaxy
NGC 7454
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NGC 7454 with LEDA 214895 (below), SDSS image
NGC 7454 with LEDA 214895 (below), SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 23 h 01 m 06.6 s
declination + 16 ° 23 ′ 21 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E4?  
Brightness  (visual) 11.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 12.8 mag
Angular expansion 2.2 '× 1.6'
Position angle 150 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation LGG 469  
Redshift 0.006738 ± 0.000017  
Radial velocity 2020 ± 5 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(98 ± 7)  ·  10 6  ly
(30.1 ± 2.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date October 15, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  7454 • UGC  12305 • PGC  70264 • CGCG  453-045 • MCG  + 03-58-020 • 2MASX  J23010651 + 1623181 • GC  4880 • H  II 249 • LDCE 1553 NED002

NGC 7454 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E4 in the constellation Pegasus at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 98 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light-years across.
The galaxies NGC 7448 , NGC 7463 , NGC 7464 , NGC 7468 are in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by William Herschel on October 15, 1784 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 7454
  3. Seligman